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Ten in a row for Obama; McCain still rolling
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John McCain inched closer to the Republican nomination yesterday by easily defeating Mike Huckabee in the Wisconsin and Washington primaries. On the Democratic side, as pundits ponder Michelle Obama’s pride, or lack thereof, in her country, her husband Barack made it ten in a row, beating Hillary in both Wisconsin and Hawaii.
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tough battle? HRC appears to have been smoked.
“HRC got smoked!”, but she didn’t inhale.
The AP labels the Clinton campaign as “fading.” That seems about right. Some good commentary also over at The Atlantic.
As to Michelle Obama — political spouses not only can be a distraction, they’ve often been a target, too. Just ask Bill Clinton, John Mitchell, or for that matter Abraham Lincoln. The role is constraining, and some rebel against it, or more often simply seethe. For some the facade goes on easily, for others it must be learned.
It’s just an odd thing to say not just once, but at least twice in different speeches that this is the “first” time one has pride in one’s country.
To paraphrase Al Gore (regarding the Clintons): “It’s time for them to go!”
The real surprise will happen when Obama reveals himself to be a closeted Reaganite/Libertarian and immediately calls for abolishing cabinet depts of energy and education, along with NCLB, Medicare part D. And then his big call for a Fair or Flat tax.
I have to confess that though I’m a Huckafan way down deep I held my nose and quietly voted in the D primary with no other goal than stopping the Clinton machine from returning to soild the already too-stained WH. I think a larger percentage of D voters than the MSM would acknowledge have the same motive: we simply cannot allow America to have Bush Clinton Bush Clinton. Clinton Part Deaux would usher in a tsunami of sleeze slime scandal and general corruption.
Bill Clinton would be like a drunk frat boy turned lose, only this time he’d have no finals to cram for. For the next 4 years!!!
Thanks, but no thanks!
I agree with Sawgunner, here. I think that for Dems, the hesitation is less about the failings of Bill, and more about the style of the Clinton campaign, with its presumption to office. There’s a laundry list here not worth going into — suffice it to say that they have been their own worst enemy,
NJlawyer,
The left is chock full of folks who have never been proud of their country and she is in the vast majority of her peers. Pride, of course, is also one of the 3 character attributes that will cause you to fail when it becomes over powering and untruthful.
If you made a list of attributes the left extols, dislike of the USA and blaming the worlds ills on it would have be near the top of it.
I fear for our country greatly. I don’t want any of them, but I dislike McCain least.
The morning after the 1992 election, I told my wife, “I don’t care if George Bush was defeated, I just didn’t want Bill Clinton to get in.”
That’s the way I feel now.
Al Gore better watch out or he will find himself committting suicide. Hillary and Wee Willy don’t take rebukes lightly.
Is it possible that the independents who can vote in either party’s primary chose to stop Clinton now in the primaries and will vote McCain in November, thereby stopping Obama?
Polls show Obama beating McCain by a wide margin in November. Polls also show McCain beating Hillary. If Republicans liked McCain in Wisconsin they would have voted for Hillary to beat Obama and then lose to McCain. Seems that Republicans dislike Hillary much more than they like John McCain.
Regarding the Michelle Obama story. Of course she loves and is proud of America. Her comments were chosen poorly. She was trying to point to the American division in politics and say that for once people are uniting under a banner of change. She is proud of America now for breaking away from the divisiveness of the old politics. During Michelle Obama’s adult life, American politics has always been bitter and divisive. She is proud now that America seems to be getting beyond that.
She could have chosen her words more eloquently though. She should clarify them or else Clinton or McCain will try to use them against her husband. Her point is that she is proud that Americans are now looking to a positive candidate instead of negative campaigning. Funny thing is that negative campaigning will attack these comments.
I doubt they will have much affect. McCain’s wife can attack Obama’s wife but most American’s will pay little attention to bickering among presidential wives. McCain’s wife was an addict who stole drugs from a non-profit organization to relieve anxiety caused by her and her husband’s involvement in the Savings and Loan Scandal. She couldn’t balance the books correctly to hide the bribes her husband was taking and the stress drove her to stead painkillers from the charity she worked for.
Luckily, her husband’s political influence saved her from jail time. Funny she is coming out of hiding to attack Michelle Obama.
In reality, Cindy McCain is probably more responsible for her husband’s success than anyone else. It was her financial backing that won him the Senate seat. It was her shakeup of McCain’s organization last summer that revived his dying campaign. She has quietly been involved in every major success or failure in McCain’s last 31 years, including his failed first marriage. If people were upset that Hillary has influence over Bill in the White House, then they should be equally distressed by Cindy McCain. She is a partnership with John just as Bill and Hillary were are partnership.
#12 Theo,
Those are your thoughts on this matter and you are welcome to them, your assumptions and conclusions but they are not her thoughts unless you are channeling her.
I, for one, would like to hear her thoughts on why she thinks like this and then ask her some more difficult questions once she makes her excuse for saying it in the first place.
Once she answers them there will probably be more questions.
The question have not started and are unlikely to end when they do.
NJL,
It might not be just the independents. Not every state requires you to declare a party (SC, for example). If you’re willing to give up a vote in your preferred party, you simply vote against someone in the other party’s primary.
#13 Llama,
Those are also the thoughts of the Political advisors who have spoken out since the incidents.
They are not just my opinions. It would be nice if Michelle Obama would address this herself.
While the Clintons and the McCains will certainly jump on this, it won’t likely make much change. People who are for Obama will blow this off. people who are against Obama will begin to dislike his wife as well.
The charges of plagiarism by the Clinton campaign didn’t stick. Neither will this charge against Michelle Obama of being unpatriotic.
Barack Obama calls McCain a patriotic American every chance he gets. It will be sad if the McCains begin attacking Michelle Obama as unpatriotic. Obama is trying to avoid negative campaigning. Hopefully, McCain does not take the low road to win like the Clintons are attempting.
I doubt it will work. American seem to be rejecting negative campaigning.
Negative campaigning is one thing. Not being able to ask questions is another. No one should be given a free pass.
Obama isn’t about negative. He’s master of positive thinking. He brings change, hope for the future, because that is where we will be; in the future. We must be ready for change because change starts from the bottom up; not the top down. Obama will bring change. Obama wishes to invest in our future by investing in change and hope for our future. Invest in Obama. He brings hope…for the future. What mindless drivel.
The “gotcha” campaign is alive and well in 2008. We see it in every recent election. There are a certain group of people who sit around and try to catch a candidate (or their spouse) making a statement that they can use against them in some way. It’s negative and it’s designed to tear the other candidate down, not build their own candidate up. Basically it’s political partisanship on crack.
There is growing evidence that the American people are weary of it.
Anlir says:
“Basically it’s political partisanship on crack.”
Every election people get “weary” of it. Partisanship is politics. The moment you stop partisanship, you’ve started dictatorship.
NJLawyer–It’s entirely possible. I don’t vote until March 4th (if I can figure out this absentee overseas ballot) in the Ohio primary. (Lucky me.) Since McCain seems to have the Republicain nomination well in hand, I’m considering asking for the Democratic ballot and casting my first federal vote for Obama. I would like to stop the Clintons from regaining the White House, on principle that a husband/wife relationship is too close to the power. The other spouse has already been there for the terms. If Laura Bush ran for president, I wouldn’t vote for her either.
WIGLAF,
Obama has brought no change. He just says he will. He says he will. What hope does he have for the future that the changes he promises will fulfill? How do you know? He hasn’t changed anything as a Senator to my knowedge. The only thing I have seen, that he is a master at, is he is a pretty good public speaker and a master making promises to everyone for anythong they want.
Talking and doing are two differn’t things. Many talk and few do. He hasn’t shown me that he can do anything except defeat Hillary with smoke and mirrors. There is no beef yet. But, we may get a chance for him to answer a few questions and be factual about what his hopes, dreams and changes really are and how he plans to get them implemented and paid for.
He can’t hide behind smoke and mirrors conning the easily fooled forever.
Sylvie, that’s one way to do the ABCs!
I find it funny that Republicans would rather vote against Clinton (who would likely lose against McCain) than to vote aginst Obama (who will likely beat McCain).
I guess Republicans hate the Clintons more than they like McCain. They would rather give the presidency to Obama than to risk the Clintons winning again.
It makes me happy. I would prefer Obama win than any other possibility.
#23 THEO
Why?
LLAMA - Obama has definitely brought change: 2 quarters, a dime, a nickel and 3 pennies. And that is all any of will have after his tax hit.
Obama’s record to date has been the same old Euro-socialist sort of crap that has been tried and never worked before. He will change us to that, if given the chance.
Bob,
Why what?
Why are republicans voting for Obama?
Why do Republicans hate Clinton more than they like McCain?
Why would they rather give the presidency to Obama than Clinton?
Why would I prefer Obama win?
I’ll answer the last one.
McCain is too old school. He can’t use a computer. He doesn’t understand economics. He wants to keep us in Iraq far too long. He has been a senator for far too long. He is neither principled nor honest and has been involved in numerous shady events.
Hillary is a desire for some to return to the Bill Clinton era. She is corrupt and shows very little common sense on a variety of issues. She can also be divisive and petty. Worst of all, she cries when she feels like she is losing control.